April 2014 Archives - Page 2 of 6

Bass fry and the hatchlings of other species will draw plenty of attention from predators, including bass, around vegetative cover, making those spots great for fishermen.

Follow the fry

When the shallow areas of the Santee Cooper lakes green up in the spring, they provide ideal places for small fish to hide and spawners to being their annual ritual. […]

Lake Hickory bass are more likely to be on the outside posts of piers this month instead of up under the dock, in the shade.

Lots of fishermen will go straight to a shaded bank to look for shallow bass, figuring their approach is a little more covered in a low-light situation, but bass pro Tracy Adams of Wilkesboro said that may not give fishermen much of an edge on Lake Hickory. […]

Bass are liable to be spawning across the entire Santee Cooper system throughout April.

Counteract water levels and still catch fish

Jeff Burleson

Anglers fishing reservoirs controlled by power companies will experience drastic changes in water level throughout the year. […]

Male bass (left) at Lake Hickory are often as big as their female counterparts, especially when the spawn approaches.

Boys will be boys — just big boys

Dan Kibler

One reason bass pro Tracy Adams likes to fish Lake Hickory as the spawn approaches is that he doesn’t always have to mess with finicky female bass to put the most weight in his livewell. […]

Spotted bass (right) are much more of an open-water fish than their largemouth cousins.

Established without state’s help, spotted bass are an angler favorite

Pete Rogers

As numbers of spotted bass have grown in South Carolina lakes, so has their popularity. […]

Different lipless crankbaits perform in different fashions, largely depending on the width of the bait’s nose.

Tips from the lipless wizard

Tony Garitta

Mike Iaconelli, the 2003 Bassmaster Classic champion who’s never at a loss for words, often goes lipless in his quest for bass. […]

A good depth-finding unit can not only locate fish on its sonar side, but its GPS unit can help return fishermen to the exact same spots, time after time.

Electronics will help spot spotted bass

Pete Rogers

Electronics are critical when it comes to finding the deep-water structure that spotted bass prefers. […]

Hunters have a unique opportunity to take turkeys during rainy weather because their behavior is more predictable and one of their sharpest senses is dulled.

Bad weather, good hunting

Jeff Burleson

For a species with a brain the size of a walnut, wild turkeys are fairly clever at avoiding the talons or the teeth of predators, but their poor sense of smell allows hunters and other predators to take a few turkeys each year. […]

Guide Joel Richardson believes that stricter regulations could make Randleman Reservoir a tremendous trophy bass lake.

Sight fishing can create problems

Craig Holt

Guide Joel Richardson said sight fishing for bedding bass at Randleman Reservoir is difficult. […]

Randleman’s rocky banks are a great spot to fish with a buzzbait.

A guide’s guide to North Carolina’s best spring bass lakes

Craig Holt

Bass fishermen are as crazy over statistics as hard-core baseball fans, so a popular topics among North Carolina chub chasers is which lake is the hottest around during the spring. […]